GAZA, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) An explosion in the Gaza Strip killed a member of the Hamas Islamist group on Thursday, hospital staff and witnesses said. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday rebuffed a call by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through crossings Israel has largely sealed in two weeks of violence. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) Israel resealed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, blaming continued rocket fire at its towns, despite warnings from world aid groups of looming shortages of food and fuel in the coastal territory. ... > full story
DAMASCUS, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Syria and Israel on Tuesday to forge ahead with peace talks and said the Syrian-backed Palestinian group Hamas was hurting efforts to end Middle East conflict. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Monday to free 250 Palestinian prisoners in a bid to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during talks on Monday to release 250 Palestinians prisoners next month, a spokesman for Olmert said. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Israel opened a border crossing with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday for the first time in two weeks, allowing in a limited amount of humanitarian aid. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) An Israeli air strike killed four militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had commissioned a plan for military action in the Hamas-run territory if rocket attacks on Israel persist. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) Hamas Islamists fired long-range rockets at a southern Israel city on Friday after an Israeli air strike on their Gaza stronghold in the 11th day of skirmishes that threaten a five-month-old truce. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) A United Nations aid agency said on Thursday it had run out of food supplies for 750,000 Palestinians in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after Israel blocked deliveries by the world body. ... > full story
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Officials: Israel to free 250 Palestinian inmates Nov. 17, 2008 (San Jose Mercury News) Israeli and Palestinian officials say Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised to free 250 Palestinian prisoners next month. . The move ...
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